Dermatological Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2022

Total Prescriptions in (2022)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2022)	Percent Share
Diclofenac	12,480,263	22.8%
Triamcinolone	6,216,925	11.4%
Metronidazole	4,493,311	8.2%
Clindamycin	3,855,101	7.1%
Clobetasol	3,528,926	6.5%
Mupirocin	3,302,564	6%
Ketoconazole	2,955,997	5.4%
Hydrocortisone	2,010,949	3.7%
Nystatin	1,511,024	2.8%
Tretinoin	1,495,701	2.7%
Betamethasone; Clotrimazole	1,401,057	2.6%
Ciclopirox	1,317,601	2.4%
Lidocaine	1,072,085	2%
Betamethasone	1,058,996	1.9%
Fluocinonide	1,018,705	1.9%
Hydroquinone	966,577	1.8%
Fluorouracil	924,015	1.7%
Silver Sulfadiazine	730,442	1.3%
Lactate	527,507	1%
Adapalene; Benzoyl Peroxide	478,394	0.9%
Azelate	395,503	0.7%
Sulfacetamide; Sulfur	377,314	0.7%
Imiquimod	374,374	0.7%
Benzoyl Peroxide; Clindamycin	299,800	0.5%
Benzoyl Peroxide	278,988	0.5%
Ivermectin	248,599	0.5%
Clascoterone	199,512	0.4%
Bacitracin	177,089	0.3%
Dapsone	125,394	0.2%
Adapalene	107,442	0.2%
Menthol; Methyl Salicylate	105,139	0.2%
Aluminum Sulfate; Calcium Acetate	70,990	0.1%
Trifarotene	53,658	0.1%
Gentamicin	51,594	0.1%
Sulfacetamide	49,755	0.1%
Benzoyl Peroxide; Erythromycin	45,439	0.1%
Permethrin	43,481	0.1%
Fluocinolone; Hydroquinone; Tretinoin	43,056	0.1%
Urea	39,062	0.1%
Petrolatum	37,111	0.1%
Pyrithione	36,014	0.1%
Menthol; Camphor	32,388	0.1%
Collagenase	23,988	0%
Menthol	22,005	0%
Salicylic Acid	18,303	0%
Ketoprofen	15,834	0%
Benzoyl Peroxide; Tretinoin	15,002	0%
Lanolin; Petrolatum	10,607	0%
Bacitracin; Neomycin; Polymyxin B	9,024	0%

Total Prescriptions by Drug Over Time

Drug Class Prescribing Trends Over Time

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2013-2022. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2024.08. Read more about the ClinCalc DrugStats database.

All ClinCalc DrugStats figures and graphs on this page are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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